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Best Sellers · 1970s

1978

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

THE SILMARILLION

Hardcover Nonfiction

ALL THINGS WISE AND WONDERFUL

February

Hardcover Fiction

THE SILMARILLION

Hardcover Nonfiction

ALL THINGS WISE AND WONDERFUL

THE COMPLETE BOOK OF RUNNING

March

Hardcover Fiction

THE SILMARILLION

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE COMPLETE BOOK OF RUNNING

THE ENDS OF POWER

H.R. Halderman with Joseph DiMona

April

Hardcover Fiction

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE COMPLETE BOOK OF RUNNING

May

Hardcover Fiction

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE COMPLETE BOOK OF RUNNING

IF LIFE IS A BOWL OF CHERRIES --WHAT AM I DOING IN THE PITS?

June

Hardcover Fiction

THE THORN BIRDS

Colleen McCullough

Hardcover Nonfiction

IF LIFE IS A BOWL OF CHERRIES --WHAT AM I DOING IN THE PITS?

July

Hardcover Fiction

THE HOLCROFT COVENANT

James A. Michener

Hardcover Nonfiction

IF LIFE IS A BOWL OF CHERRIES --WHAT AM I DOING IN THE PITS?

August

Hardcover Fiction

James A. Michener

Hardcover Nonfiction

IF LIFE IS A BOWL OF CHERRIES --WHAT AM I DOING IN THE PITS?

November

Hardcover Fiction

WAR AND REMEMBRANCE

Hardcover Nonfiction

IF LIFE IS A BOWL OF CHERRIES --WHAT AM I DOING IN THE PITS?

Christina Crawford

December

Hardcover Fiction

WAR AND REMEMBRANCE

James A. Michener

Hardcover Nonfiction

Christina Crawford

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